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Cost & Benefits

Rapid City vs Salem

Simple answer

You'd likely save $144 a month in Salem.

Typical rent is $1,109 in Rapid City and $965 in Salem. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Rapid City

South Dakota

Typical rent
$1,109
Typical pay
$70,870 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,430
Price index
89.2 (metro)

Salem

South Dakota

Typical rent
$965
Typical pay
$74,881 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,228
Price index
90.6 (metro)

Benefits after a move

Rapid City and Salem are in the same state, so the benefit rules do not change when you move between them.